I posted this at another site and wanted to get the vibe of the members here at the Gym:
As I was standing in the mirror after a very good session this morning, it got me to thinking about the mindset of those of us that engage in PE, specifically us pumpers. Pumping, probably more than any other PE routine (and I believe even more than hanging) is a lifestyle, and I believe that the longer one pumps, the more it stops being about just getting bigger. When I first started, it was simply about getting bigger. I'd dabbled with pumps off an on (more off than on) since my early 20's and it was purely recreational. I got into full PE consistently roughly 3 years ago with the intent of increasing my size and have been going strong since.
But along the way, something changed. About a year ago it occurred to me that I'd crossed that line and the equilibrium had shifted. It had gone from being about just getting bigger to more about doing it because I simply enjoyed it. We all know that pumping feels really, really, really good and can be pretty addictive. It was at one point last year when it clicked for me that I'd crossed the line and that was a 'pumping addict' - and I'm perfectly okay with it. It doesn't interfere with my life and it doesn't have me going out of sorts to appease any type of 'fix,' but I will concede that when I miss a session or go too many days without doing it, I miss it terribly. The challenge is still very much there to see just how big I can get, but eventually I realized that it came to be more about the feeling and the pleasure I get from it.
With being in the process of trying to pump every single day (I'm doing good so far - 31 days and counting), I was reminded of all of that and wanted to put my theory to the rest of you pumpers here.
At what point did you realize you had crossed the line (or have you even crossed that line) from pumping being more about the pleasure than just about getting bigger?
As I was standing in the mirror after a very good session this morning, it got me to thinking about the mindset of those of us that engage in PE, specifically us pumpers. Pumping, probably more than any other PE routine (and I believe even more than hanging) is a lifestyle, and I believe that the longer one pumps, the more it stops being about just getting bigger. When I first started, it was simply about getting bigger. I'd dabbled with pumps off an on (more off than on) since my early 20's and it was purely recreational. I got into full PE consistently roughly 3 years ago with the intent of increasing my size and have been going strong since.
But along the way, something changed. About a year ago it occurred to me that I'd crossed that line and the equilibrium had shifted. It had gone from being about just getting bigger to more about doing it because I simply enjoyed it. We all know that pumping feels really, really, really good and can be pretty addictive. It was at one point last year when it clicked for me that I'd crossed the line and that was a 'pumping addict' - and I'm perfectly okay with it. It doesn't interfere with my life and it doesn't have me going out of sorts to appease any type of 'fix,' but I will concede that when I miss a session or go too many days without doing it, I miss it terribly. The challenge is still very much there to see just how big I can get, but eventually I realized that it came to be more about the feeling and the pleasure I get from it.
With being in the process of trying to pump every single day (I'm doing good so far - 31 days and counting), I was reminded of all of that and wanted to put my theory to the rest of you pumpers here.
At what point did you realize you had crossed the line (or have you even crossed that line) from pumping being more about the pleasure than just about getting bigger?

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